#0352 · 🦊 mammals
American Ermine
🇳🇱 Amerikaanse Hermelijn ·Mustela richardsonii
🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe
📍 Orleans County, US-VT, US
📍 15 Mine Rd, South Strafford, VT, US
📍 2093 Jordan Ave, Juneau, AK 99801, USA
📍 Shelburne, VT, USA
📍 Port Renfrew, BC, CA
📍 Ontario, CA
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Christian Back · CC BY 4.0
- 2. © Denis Doucet · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © JoySpotter · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © David Bell · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. Orleans County, US-VT, US:© vtmonarch · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. 15 Mine Rd, South Strafford, VT, US:© jlloyd · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. 2093 Jordan Ave, Juneau, AK 99801, USA:© bldeafendeffin · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Shelburne, VT, USA:© pfaucher · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Port Renfrew, BC, CA:© tlavdov · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Ontario, CA:© Owen J. · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The American ermine or short-tailed weasel ( Mustela richardsonii ) is a species of mustelid native to most of North America.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 4,193 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
fact sheet
- English
- American Ermine
- Nederlands
- Amerikaanse Hermelijn
- scientific name
- Mustela richardsonii
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Carnivora
- family
- Mustelidae
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 4,193
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
relatives· Mustelidae
#0017 📷 10European Badger
🇳🇱 Das
Meles meles
LC 👀 156 in NL
#0020 📷 7Stone Marten
🇳🇱 Steenmarter
Martes foina
LC 👀 111 in NL
#0022 📷 8European Polecat
🇳🇱 Bunzing
Mustela putorius
LC 👀 64 in NL
#0027 📷 10Least Weasel
🇳🇱 Wezel
Mustela nivalis
LC 👀 51 in NL
#0029 📷 10Eurasian Pine Marten
🇳🇱 Boommarter
Martes martes
LC 👀 37 in NL
#0032 📷 10Eurasian Otter
🇳🇱 Europese Otter
Lutra lutra
NT 👀 28 in NL
#0034 📷 10Eurasian Stoat
🇳🇱 Hermelijn
Mustela erminea
LC 👀 25 in NL
#0061 📷 8American Mink
🇳🇱 Amerikaanse Nerts
Neogale vison
LC 👀 2 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 1264427, Wikidata Q41085321, GBIF 9134203, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.